Does the curse length reduction from the Redemption aura actually work? I have not really noticed it to have any effect in reducing curse duration, whether on a paladin who has the skill, or as an aura-on-equip from a holy craft weapon.
I: I crafted a holy gladius for my sorc, with a level 5 redemption aura. My merc and I were cursed at the same time with amplify damage, and I switched to the gladius to reduce the curse duration. Oddly, the curse did not expire any sooner for me than for the merc (Act II recovery with an Insight halberd). As far as I know, redemption only benefits the character with the aura. Moreover, the duration doesn't seem to be noticeably shorter than if I did not switch to the weapon at all.
II: With my paladin, I put 1 point in cleansing and redemption. When cursed, I switched to level 1 cleansing, which provides 25% poison (and curse) length reduction. The cleansing noticeably reduced curse duration when compared to using a different or no aura. If I tried the same thing with redemption, the curse did not seem to be removed any faster than if I had simply ignored it and kept fanaticism on.
The only character that seemed to benefit from the curse duration reduction from redemption was a meteorsin I attempted some time back with a holy craft claw as an offhand weapon, but I think that most of the curse reduction was from fade, and the redemption made no difference.
It could be that I am not testing this properly, and perhaps should time the duration of a curse with no reduction items/skills, and compare it with to that with redemption equipped. But as far as I can notice without any detailed testing, it does not seem to have much of an effect.
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. That makes a lot of sense; that redemption needs to be active before one is cursed. I have observed that the few monsters with redemption auras have substantially reduced curse duration.